Every week, PHT will be providing its readers with some fantasy advice. This column will dissect the waiver wire by looking at potential additions that are owned in less than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues and potential drops that are owned in more than 50 percent of Yahoo leagues.

Brassard is coming off a three-point performance against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night. He has seven points in his last five games, which is rather impressive. He’s up to six goals, four assists and a plus-10 rating in eight contests.

No one really expected Pominville to be fantasy relevant this year, but he’s been pretty productive so far. The veteran already has five multi-point games in 2017-18. It’s incredibly unlikely that he’ll be able to keep this up though, so ride him while he’s hot. Pominville has five goals, six assists and a plus-4 rating in nine games.

Couturier hasn’t really been a point producer since coming into the NHL, but the Flyers are giving him a shot to play with some of their better offensive players so that could change this season. He has four goals, three assists and a plus-9 rating in eight games.

The Blues have been decimated by injuries early this season. One guy who has missed plenty of time in the past is Paul Stastny. But so far, he’s played in all nine of St. Louis’ games, and he’s been really good. Stastny has eight points in nine contests this season. The fact that he averages over 20 minutes of ice time certainly doesn’t hurt.

Wait what? Stewart has been nothing short of remarkable this season. He’s scored in all but one of Minnesota’s games, which no one saw coming. Like Pominville, this probably won’t last. But if you’re in a deeper league that awards more points for goals, he could be an intriguing short-term add. Stewart has six goals and two assists in eight games.

The Ducks have been without Hampus Lindholm and Sami Vatanen this season, so there’s been more minutes to go around. Manson has four assists and a plus-7 rating in seven games. He’s also averaging 22:26 of ice time in 2017-18. Those numbers will come down when Anaheim gets healthy, but for now he’s a suitable fantasy option.

Don’t roll your eyes at me! Phaneuf, who was once heralded as the most overrated player in the league, has quietly put together a nice start. He’s already up to four points in eight games, and he’s playing between 19 and 25 minutes per game.

Reimer and Roberto Luongo have pretty much split the starts this season. But now that Luongo (hand) is going to miss some time, it opens up the door for Reimer to play more. Reimer is coming off a big performance in a win over the Capitals on Saturday night.

For some reason, 62 percent of Yahoo fantasy league players are holding out hope on Parise, who’s missed every game this season. It’s become pretty clear that he isn’t the same player he once was, so it’s not like he’s expected to light it up when he does return. He can be dropped.

Kreider has hit he 20-goal mark in each of the last three seasons, but he’s off to a slow start this year. He’s picked up just one goal in the first nine games of the season, which is less than ideal. On top of that, he’s played under 14 minutes in two of his last three games.

Again, I’m not too sure why so many people are holding on to an injured Kesler. The Ducks are hoping to have him back by Christmas, which is still pretty far away. You can drop him and add him again when his return date gets closer. Don’t lose sleep if someone else picks him up in the meantime.

One day ago the Boston Bruins signed US Olympian Ryan Donato to an entry level contract.

On Monday, he was given an opportunity to immediately slide into their lineup against the Columbus Blue Jackets and he did not waste any time making an impact.

After recording four shots on goal in the first period, Donato broke through with his first NHL goal in the second period (on his fifth shot of the game) when he blasted a one-timer home on a give-and-go with Torey Krug.

All of that is happening against a Blue Jackets team that entered the night having won seven in a row, while the Bruins were playing without Patrice Bergeron, Rick Nash and Charlie McAvoy. Pretty deep team they have in Boston.

Donato added two more assists after scoring his first goal.

Unfortunately for the Bruins they were unable to hold on to that 3-1 lead and allowed Columbus to come from behind for the 5-4 overtime win.

Prior to signing with Bruins (and along with his time on the US Olympic team) Donato had been playing his collegiate hockey at Harvard. He scored 26 goals and added 17 assists in 29 games this season.

NBCSN’s coverage of the 2017-18 season continues on Monday night when the Los Angeles Kings visit the Minnesota Wild. Puck drop is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET. You can catch all of the action on NBCSN or on our Live Stream.

Much like the NFL’s headaches when it comes to what is or isn’t a catch, a simple stroll around Hockey Twitter will often unearth loud groans about goalie interference reviews. At least when people aren’t grumbling about offside goal reviews, that is.

From the viewpoints of reporters on hand for the latest round of GM meetings, it sounds like the league is at least attempting to sort out the latest mess.

Granted, you could sense some of the fatigue on this issue from what Lightning GM Steve Yzerman had to say about it, via NHL.com’s Dan Rosen:

“You can clarify the standards, but each referee and everyone, you and I, has a different opinion,” Yzerman said. “Within that room everyone has a little different opinion on did it impact the goaltender. It’s subjective. No one is ever going to agree 100 percent.”

Fair enough, but much of the frustration stems from the sheer confusion at hand, as there doesn’t seem to be a clear standard. It’s one thing to disagree with how an infraction is called, but at the moment, many feel like there’s far too much variation in calls.

With that in mind, some GMs apparently hope to tweak the process by, ideally, limiting the number of people who are making the snap decisions on goalie interference:

It sounds like they’re going to start centralizing the decisions on goaltender interference reviews out of the NHL’s video reviews. An attempt for more consistency.

By “centralizing,” it could mean leaving that decision to “The Situation Room,” as Rosen explains:

GMs and NHL have discussed a lot of options to potentially improve the review process for goalie interference to create more consistency, including putting an official in The Situation Room to having The Situation Room make the final call. (2)

The meetings reportedly included test cases for goalie interference, with Rosen noting that GMs and media alike had trouble reaching a consensus on certain examples. That helps to illuminate the challenge at hand, but again, many people would probably be at least a bit happier if it was easier to anticipate what would and would not be called as interference.

Quite a few numbers were thrown around about coaches challenges. ESPN’s Emily Kaplan shared a slide from the NHL that would argue that offside challenges have dropped off, likely because a failed challenge results in a delay of game penalty, but goalie interference remains a drag on the game.

For fans of the sport, it’s about walking the line between getting it right and not grinding too many games to a screeching halt. One might ponder carrying over the delay of game penalty to challenging goalie interference alongside offside reviews, but that might not fly:

One idea brought up today in GM mtgs was a 2-minute penalty for incorrect goaltender interference challenge. Colin Campbell didn't seem wild about it, since it's subjective and not black and white like offside. But penalty for offside has resulted in ~50 fewer challenges y/o/y.

Maybe Habs GM Marc Bergevin is correct in saying that just a small number of calls go wrong. Still, these challenges are slowing down games about two minutes at a time. That might not sound like much, though when it happens in the flow of an exciting back-and-forth contest, it can be a real killer.

Let’s hope they improve the process, even if it ends up being a work in progress.

NHL teams provided injury news updates on Monday, with the most noteworthy bits revolving around players dealing with concussions. Let’s sort through that mixed bag:

First, we’ll begin with promising news. Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan considers Matt Murray to be “an option” to play on Tuesday against the New York Islanders. That said, it’s a preliminary viewpoint, as Sullivan wants to see how Murray handles practice.

You’d get the impression that the optimism is high despite that caveat, as the Penguins sent Tristan Jarry back to the AHL today. That could still change, but the team must feel a lot more confident about Murray being ready for the postseason.

Actually, it’s worth questioning whether it’s really worth risking Price’s health in meaningless games for Montreal, especially when you note that he’s frequently suffered from bad injury luck lately. Sure, he wants to play; that ambition is part of what makes him great. Concussions can be tricky, though, and you wonder if the reward would justify the risks involved.

Winnipeg Jets defenseman Jacob Trouba is in “concussion protocol,” according to TSN’s Sara Orlesky. Trouba will reportedly see specialists, which isn’t that shocking considering how shaken up he looked after getting the worst of a hard collision with Jamie Benn of the Dallas Stars:

The 21-year-old set a new career-high with eight goals this season, and despite being limited to 71 games, he matched last season’s peak of 29 points. Hanifin is starting to show why he was the fifth pick of the 2015 NHL Draft as part of a stacked Hurricanes defense, yet much like his team, it looks like his season’s going to end on a low note.